News

About

Dictionaries

Articles

RSS List

Comments

Home

Q > American Idioms > Idioms & More! > English — ESL > Dictionaries

quite the thing

© 2008 Copyrighted

by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[quite the thing] {n. phr.}

The socially proper thing to do.

* /In polite society it is quite the thing to send a written thank you note to one's host or hostess after a dinner party./

Tags:


	polite ²⁰ {n. phr.} ⁵³⁰

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

To upper section: Q


	↑ Grab this Headline Animator Subscribe to Learn American Idioms day-by-day by Email

	See also »
	do one's thing [do one's thing] or [do one's own thing] {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To do what ... A Dictionary of American Idioms if it's not one thing it's another [if it's not one thing it's another] If a certain thing doesn't go wrong, another ... A Dictionary of American Idioms for one thing [for one thing] {adv. phr.} As one thing of several; as one in a list ... A Dictionary of American Idioms thing or two [thing or two] {n. phr.}, {informal} 1. Facts not generally known, or not known to ... A Dictionary of American Idioms not the thing [not the thing] {n. phr.} Not the accepted form of action; something socially improper. * ... A Dictionary of American Idioms tell a thing or two [tell a thing or two] {v. phr.}, {informal} To tell in plain or angry words; ... A Dictionary of American Idioms American Idioms American Idiomatic Expressions This online dictionary of idioms is based on original book by ... Dictionary of American Idioms

	Latest news »
	RSS-feeds We have added RSS functionality to the site. At present you can subscribe to any of the following RSS feeds: search (keywords), ...

© 2006—2008 www.sky-net-eye.com